Gallery: Winter snow across the UK 18th January 2013

Friday 18 Jan 2013 8:45 am

The Met office issues severe weather warnings across the UK . A band of snow, heavy in places, will spread northeastwards across Wales and the southwestern half of England, during Friday morning 18th January 2013, lasting through the afternoon and evening across much of Wales, the Midlands, southern and parts of southeast England. Winds will strengthen, leading to drifting of lying snow.

Graduated Filter Used on this Picture……A Sub zero sunrise over Castle Howard the stately Home made famous in Brideshead Revisited. The lake in front of Castle Howard is now almost completely frozen over as the severe winter weather continues

A man walks his dog in Herrington Country park near Sunderland today as the cold snap continues to hit the UK.

A couple walk their dog in Herrington Country park near Sunderland today as the cold snap continues to hit the UK. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

A dog looks down in the dumps in Sunderland (Picture: PA)

A couple walk their dog in Herrington Country park near Sunderland today as the cold snap continues to hit the UK.

Birds land on a frozen lake in Herrington Country park near Sunderland today as the cold snap continues to hit the UK.

Spook Munro walks in the snow after having a cold bath during a photocall at Nevis Range Mountain Experience, near Fort William during the launch of the Fort William Mountain Festival 2013, being staged from Thursday 21 to Sunday 24

Spook Munro walks in the snow after having a cold bath during a photocall at Nevis Range Mountain Experience, near Fort William during the launch of the Fort William Mountain Festival 2013, being staged from Thursday 21 to Sunday 24

A man walks his dog in Herrington Country park near Sunderland today as the cold snap continues to hit the UK.

A mountain biker walks through deep snow during a photocall at Nevis Range Mountain Experience, near Fort William during the launch of the Fort William Mountain Festival 2013, being staged from Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 February at Fort William.

A mountain biker walks through deep snow during a photocall at Nevis Range Mountain Experience, near Fort William during the launch of the Fort William Mountain Festival 2013, being staged from Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 February at Fort William.

Friends enjoy sledging on Brecon Beacons, South Wales, where snow is settling and even more has been forecast by the MET office for Friday 18th January over South Wales and the Westcountry.

Fireworks are launched as snow falls over Leeds Town Hall after an event to announce the route of the 2014 Tour De France, in Leeds, England, Thursday Jan. 17, 2013. The city of Leeds will host the Grand Depart on 5 July 2014 after Yorkshire beat bids from Florence and Edinburgh to host the start of the prestigious event

A vehicle turns around at the bottom of a hill in Bristol where snow has been falling overnight and continues to fall.